CBN Gives N100bn, Two Million Bags Of FertilisersWednesday, March 13, 2024
The Central Bank of Nigeria has allocated N100bn and 2.15 million bags of fertilisers to the Ministry of Agriculture, to cushion the effects of high prices of food in the country. Olayemi Cardoso, Governor of the apex bank, announced this during a meeting with the Minister of Agriculture and Rura ...
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Stakeholders Task Nigerian Government On Policies To Enhance Cocoa Value Add OppThursday, December 28, 2023
Stakeholders in cocoa value chain have called on Nigerian government to put neccessary policies in place to prevent exploitation of cocoa farmers. This was the thrust of a press conference heralding the 2024 International Cocoa and Chocolate Forum (ICCF) billed to hold Lagos and Abuja next year J ... |
Nigeria seeks support of US to boost agricultural sectorFriday, November 3, 2023
Nigeria has seeked partnership with the United States government to address critical issues affecting the country rsquo;s agricultural sector. This was introduced by the Vice President Kashim Shettima during a meeting with the US Special Envoy for Global Food Security, Cary Fowler, as part of his ... |
2024 Agriculture Budget: SWOFON Submits Demands, Tasks Ebonyi Government on StorFriday, October 27, 2023
Women farmers in Ebonyi State, under the umbrella of Smallholder Women Farmers Organization of Nigeria, SWOFON, have urged the State government to give massive attention to Agricultural produce processing and storage facilities as a means of enhancing food security in the State. The request was c ... |
Agric Empowerment: Ebonyi Farmers Receive Free Grinding Machines from Federal GoTuesday, October 24, 2023
Fifteen farmers in Ebonyi State have been empowered with free motorized grinding machines from the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, in collaboration with the Ebonyi State Agricultural Development Programme, EBADEP. The farmers, mainly youths and women, are the first batch of ben ... |
Insecurity: Ebonyi Stakeholders Make Case For Insurance At Agric Budget ConsultaTuesday, September 5, 2023
As part of means to mitigate the negative effect of farm and produce losses due to widespread insecurities nationwide, Agriculture stakeholders in Ebonyi State has urged the government to promote the enrollment of Smallholder farmers, especially women into Agricultural Insurance policies. The cal ... |
Daniel Invents A Cooling System For Tomato Farmers In Rural NigeriaTuesday, May 23, 2023
As a boy growing up in an average African home, Daniel Oseni was exposed to various African dishes prepared with tomatoes. In his words, Purchasing these tomatoes was a nightmare because they easily got spoilt because the sellers didn 39;t have a proper preservation and storage system. Interestin ... |
Rwandan Woman Develops App To Boost AgricultureTuesday, May 9, 2023
Fresh from undertaking a six-month training in ldquo;Internet of Things rdquo; (IoTs) at the Catholic University of Rwanda (CUR) in the country rsquo;s Huye and Gisagara Districts, 24-year-old Clemence Uwamutarambirwa developed a mobile phone application that uses sensors to monitor soil quality an ... |
Score Card: Ebonyi Smallholder Women Farmers Lament Denied Access to AgriculturaWednesday, May 3, 2023
Poor and untimely access to Agricultural inputs have been identified as major impediments to the striving by Smallholder Women farmers towards achieving food sufficiency in Nigeria. The identification was made during the dissemination of the community score card on Small holder Women Farmers Acce ... |
Governor Soludo Flags Off 2022 Farming Season, Introduces Re-Generative AgricultWednesday, June 15, 2022
Anambra Stats Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo has introduced regenerative agriculture as the pathway to food sufficiency and repositioning of the state 39;s economy. Governor Soludo performed the function at the flag-off of the 2022 Farming Season in Anambra State at Dr Alex Ekwueme Square, ... |
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